{"id":4274,"date":"2019-07-31T23:50:05","date_gmt":"2019-07-31T23:50:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org\/?page_id=4274"},"modified":"2021-03-06T03:14:03","modified_gmt":"2021-03-06T03:14:03","slug":"the-inside-game","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org\/the-inside-game\/","title":{"rendered":"THE INSIDE GAME"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\">[vc_row][vc_column][mk_padding_divider size=&#8221;20&#8243;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1564616956093{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}&#8221;]\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left;\">THE INSIDE GAME (JEUX D&#8217;INFLUENCE)<\/h3>\n[\/vc_column_text][mk_padding_divider size=&#8221;20&#8243;][vc_separator color=&#8221;custom&#8221; accent_color=&#8221;#b41e34&#8243;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1573665218773{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}&#8221;]\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Melville Theatre | <strong>Sep 24<\/strong> \u2013 11:00 am | <strong>Sep 25<\/strong> \u2013 1:00 pm<br \/>\n<strong>Sep 26<\/strong> \u2013 10:20 pm | <strong>Sept 27<\/strong> \u2013 5:10 pm | <strong>Sept 28<\/strong> \u2013 7:30 pm<br \/>\nWriter-Director Jean Xavier de Lestrade will present his series<br \/>\non 9\/26 and will attend the Conversation that follows the screening on 9\/27 &amp; 9\/28<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2353 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/free-sn-rsvp-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"137\" height=\"33\" \/>[\/vc_column_text][vc_separator color=&#8221;custom&#8221; accent_color=&#8221;#b41e34&#8243;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1568668398104{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}&#8221;]<strong>International Premiere<\/strong>\u00a0|\u00a0TV Mini-Series | France, Belgium\u00a0|\u00a02019\u00a0|\u00a0Drama, Political thriller\u00a0|\u00a06 x 52 min |\u00a0Episodes 1 &amp; 4 | In French with English subtitles<\/p>\n<p><strong>Directed by: <\/strong>Jean-Xavier de Lestrade<br \/>\n<strong>Written by<\/strong>: Antoine Lacomblez, Jean-Xavier de Lestrade, Sophie Hiet, Pierre Linhart<br \/>\n<strong>Cinematography<\/strong>: Isabelle Razavet<br \/>\n<strong>Film Editing<\/strong>: Sophie Brunet<br \/>\n<strong>Original Score:<\/strong> Raf Keunen<br \/>\n<strong>Produced by:<\/strong> Matthieu Belghiti, Pierre Carrique, Jean-Xavier de Lestrade (What\u2019s Up Productions), Eva Kuperman (Stenola), Arte France<br \/>\n<strong>Cast<\/strong>: Alix Poisson (Claire Lansel), Laurent Stocker (Guillaume Delpierre), Jean-Fran\u00e7ois Sivadier (Mathieu Bowman), Pierre Perrier (Romain Corso), Marilou Aussilloux (Chlo\u00e9 Forrest), Christophe Kourotchkine (Michel Villeneuve), Anthony Bajon (Benjamin Villeneuve)<br \/>\n<strong>International Sales: <\/strong>Newen Distribution<br \/>\n<strong>Original Broadcast<\/strong>: Arte, June 2019<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Jean-Xavier de Lestrade<\/strong>\u2019s taut political thriller plunges us into the worlds \u2014 and very murky waters \u2014 of lobbyists, politicians, multinational corporations and farmers in this gripping indictment of the pesticide industry. Alix Poisson leads a superb ensemble cast, in which every character, at some point, is forced to confront the courage of his or her convictions. A dense, fascinating, assiduously researched, meticulously structured, and extremely complex story with multiple points of view, <strong><em>The Inside Game <\/em><\/strong>is Arte\u2019s smash hit of 2019.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Acclaimed, highly prolific filmmaker <strong>Jean-Xavier de Lestrade <\/strong>is probably best known for his documentary work, winning the 2001 Oscar for Best Documentary Film for his ninth feature, <em>Murder on a Sunday Morning<\/em>. After studying law and journalism in Paris, he cofounded a press agency at 24 and, three years later, became an independent filmmaker, training his camera on society and its taboos \u2013 sexual violence, insanity, death, exclusion, and the inner workings of the judicial system. In addition to his many documentary films, he has co-written and directed several TV movies and series, both narrative and documentary, including <em>The Staircase<\/em>; <em>Sin City Law<\/em>;<em>The Staircase II<\/em>, <em>3xManon<\/em>; <em>Malaterra<\/em>; and <em>Manon, 20 Years <\/em>(COLCOA 2017).<\/p>\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div id=\"op_contact\" class=\"col-sm-12\">\n<div class=\"row\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][mk_padding_divider size=&#8221;30&#8243;][mk_image src=&#8221;https:\/\/theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/tv.jpg&#8221; image_size=&#8221;full&#8221; align=&#8221;center&#8221;][mk_padding_divider size=&#8221;105&#8243;][vc_separator color=&#8221;custom&#8221; accent_color=&#8221;#b41e34&#8243;][mk_image src=&#8221;https:\/\/theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/jeux-dinfluence.jpg&#8221; image_size=&#8221;full&#8221; align=&#8221;center&#8221;][mk_padding_divider][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1566586542360{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}&#8221;]\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #b41e34;\">Presented in association with:<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Newen Television<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][mk_padding_divider size=&#8221;20&#8243;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1564616956093{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}&#8221;] THE INSIDE GAME (JEUX D&#8217;INFLUENCE) [\/vc_column_text][mk_padding_divider size=&#8221;20&#8243;][vc_separator color=&#8221;custom&#8221; accent_color=&#8221;#b41e34&#8243;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1573665218773{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}&#8221;] Melville Theatre | Sep 24 \u2013 11:00 am | Sep 25 \u2013 1:00 pm Sep 26 \u2013 10:20 pm | Sept 27 \u2013 5:10 pm | Sept 28 \u2013 7:30 pm Writer-Director Jean Xavier de Lestrade will [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-4274","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4274","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4274"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4274\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5890,"href":"https:\/\/theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4274\/revisions\/5890"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4274"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}